Playing it now, some five or so years later, I think the only ugly thing in this game are the humans, such as the crappy polygon people that scatter when you drive near them and the people in the movie trailers look bad as well. Other than that the cars and the enviroments look fine.
Playing the game again brings back some thoughts I had when I first played it. They should have made a PC version that had some sort of level editor (not the generic stunt creator) that allowed you to set up your own stunts. You could program the paths the cars and pedestrians would take, add ramps wherever you want, set up points where squibs and explosions would go off, etc. Something like that has a lot of potential.

